So get this. Stevie Jackson and his guys have been in every final round of ever race they have entered (NHRA, and outlaw/drag radial) since the 2019 NHRA US Nationals in August. This is even more crazy when you consider how much they actually compete! The Killin’ Time Racing team runs the wheels off of their stuff and they are stronger and faster now than they have ever been. Proof continues to be produced in the form of the domination that Stevie lorded over the Radial vs The World class at last weekend’s US Street Nationals with. The event in Bradenton, Florida has become the Winternationals of the outlaw drag racing world and it was great.
Jackson faced a familiar situation in the finals when he lined up next to Marcus “The Ax Man” Birt for the $25,000 payday. Basically Jackson was racing himself. See, Stevie tunes the nitrous car of Birt and drives the Shadow 2.0 which is tuned up by Billy Stocklin. So it was Stevie vs his tuning customer, Stevie vs own crew chief, and when the dust settled it was Stevie with the win.
Jackson uses Holley EFI on everything he tunes. These are engines verging on the 4,000hp zone. If it works there, it’ll work for sure on your sportsman drag car, street car, or truck!
Here’s the full story from the crew at Holley EFI –
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Holley EFI broke more records over the weekend during one of the first major radial races of the year. The U.S. Nationals, held in Bradenton Motorsports Park, provided epic side-by-side races in addition to impressive record setting runs. With new power plants, chassis’ and racecars, the weekend was filled with excitement from all classes!
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Stevie Fast Jackson continues his reign of terror in his Killin’ Time Racing “Shadow 2.0”, the MSD Pro 600 powered Camaro shuffled No. 1 qualifier with teammate Marcus Birt on Friday. Saturday belonged to Jackson after laying down a 3.546 @ 213.33 MPH which not only netted him the coveted top spot, but also the official title as the quickest Radial versus the World race car.
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The party didn’t stop there as he continued to stroll through eliminations until meeting Melanie Salemi in the third round. Salemi in her “Sidepiece” Camaro has been immensely successful lately racking up an event win late last year. She got out early, but Jackson reeled her in with his 3.548 @ 213.91 MPH to Salemi’s 3.574 @ 210.77 making it the fastest side-by-side radial pass in history.
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Jackson now faced his KTR teammate Marcus “The Axeman” Birt, who happens to be handling the world’s fastest nitrous doorslammer (tuned by Steve Jackson). Birt had been laying down consistent low 3.60 passes throughout eliminations and drew a bye run into the final round.
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The two entered the beams and neither gave up an advantage on the starting line (.005 for Jackson, .008 for Birt), unfortunately for Birt his mill gave up the ghost on the big end ending his weekend with an impressive 3.609 @ 204.45 MPH. Jackson claimed another victory with his 3.561 @ 213.10 MPH run and with it, declared himself the one to beat for the upcoming 2020 season.
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2020 is shaping up to be the fastest radial tire season ever, with racers looking onward to Lights Out 11 in mid-February, chances are good that Holley EFI and MSD Pro 600 powered cars will be on top of the charts.
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I’m certain Holley has come a long way w/ EFI but I bought one of the first and we must have put 6 different (all Holley furnished) external fuel pumps on it. It was great when it ran but we were constantly afraid of taking the 61 Vette on a road trip. The joke around our shop was, “well do we have enough hardware and hose fittings to adapt the next design pump from Holley?”
And yes, we stayed on the phone w/them. Even their guys lamented it was a work in progress and the next pump looks like it’s going to solve it. My suggestion at the time? “My work car, a lowly 77 VW Rabbit has 200k + and the inline external Bosch pump has never failed?” Funny how some of today’s pumps look just like the old Bosch unit. Time heals all wounds I guess.